Before there was Don Quixote, there was Amadis of Gaul. A romantic adventurer in medieval Spanish prose, Amadis embarks on multiple treacherous journeys until he can wed his childhood sweetheart, Oriana.

A mortal goddess with beauty unsurpassed, Oriana drives the chivalrous Amadis to knighthood, danger, madness and finally the Arch of True Lovers, where they are at last united in happiness.

In 2006, The Perth Mint officially introduced the beautiful Oriana Gold Bar, featuring a design of the goddess, Oriana. She is shown kneeling, natural, with her hair tumbling over her shoulders as she holds a bouquet of flowers.